Naperville, IL, resident Malia “Kim” Bendis and her neighbor were arrested on eavesdropping and resisting an officer charges after video recording two police officers and utility workers installing a “smart meter” – which have been linked to health issues – on her neighbor’s house. The home owner, identified only as Laura, is clearly seen on video refusing consent for the utility workers and police to be on her property, along with expressing concerns for her child’s health and safety, but is threatened with arrest if she interferes.

What happened to 4th Amendment requirements? What happened to private property laws?

Why are the police masquerading as enforcing City Hall requirements when in reality, they are protecting a private company?

Illinois citizens are still being arrested for recording police officers despite a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year that blocked the enforcement of the law on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.

The law, which made it a felony to record them, even while acting in their official role as a public servant – in public, where no expectation of privacy is considered – is highly illogical, especially in this particular case. The police officers have marched on to private property and still expect privacy from the property owner? What sort of bizarro world is this? Oh, wait… it’s Illinois.

Here is the City of Naperville contact information should you wish to call them and offer your opinions:

1350 Aurora Ave Naperville, IL 60540
(630) 420-6666

Let’s take this a step further for the nay-sayers; home owner is a willful customer of said utility company. Company attempts to change equipment; home owner refuses and protests. Business contract is now null and void between the two parties. Even if she had signed some sort of previous contract for upgrades, it can be voided and she has the right to end business relations with the utility company. She may face civil repercussions for violating certain provisions, but that does not involve the police – at all.

Here is another video when utility workers came to another house. The home owner demanded the workers leave her property but they refuse and start using bolt cutters to dismantle electrical boxes. While the equipment might belong to the utility company, a home owner has a right to demand anyone leave their property. It is the responsibility of the utility company to then obtain a court order allowing access to the property to retrieve their equipment, if so inclined. Police arrested her for interfering.

We had a friend who turned off his utility and installed a boiler, the company came a knocking at his door ” why aren’t’ you using electriciy anymore?” So he showed them, they promptly complained to zoning who then took him to court and made him hook back up! he broke no laws not a single one, they were afraid that what he was doing would catch on and they would have none of it. He got buried in legal expenses for not breaking a single law nor zoning code. SO yeah unhook and watch who comes a knocking!

http://waronyou.com/forums/index.php Steve

These meters are not federally mandated. This is fascism at work, ladies and gents…

jaxon

let us all have solar and wind and tell the utilities to go **** themselves!